Helical Irradiation of the Total Skin with Dose Painting to Replace Total Skin Electron Beam Therapy for Therapy-Refractory Cutaneous CD4+ T-Cell Lymphoma

Helical Irradiation of the Total Skin with Dose Painting to Replace Total Skin Electron Beam Therapy for Therapy-Refractory Cutaneous CD4+ T-Cell Lymphoma

A 36-year-old woman was diagnosed with a therapy-refractory cutaneous CD4+ T-cell lymphoma, T3N0M0B0, and stage IIB. Helical irradiation of the total skin (HITS) and dose painting techniques, with 30 Gy in 40 fractions interrupted at 20 fractions with one week resting, 4 times per week were prescrib...

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Main Authors: Chen-Hsi Hsieh, Pei-Wei Shueng, Shih-Chiang Lin, Hui-Ju Tien, An-Cheng Shiau, Yueh-Hung Chou, Meng-Hao Wu, Jen-Yu Wang, Chi-Kuan Chen, Yu-Jen Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/717589

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/717589

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